The following day, her daughter was shot and killed by a traveling carnival worker she met at the North Georgia State Fair, where her father worked, authorities said.

"I’ll never see her again. We won’t have our little talks," Cynthia Butterworth, the victim’s mother, told WSB-TV on Tuesday through tears. "It’s unbelievable. A mother is not supposed to bury their children."

Joycelyn Alsup’s body was believed to have been recovered by deputies in Washington County, Virginia last week after 23-year-old James Michael Wright allegedly admitted to killing her and two women from Tennessee during an 18-day span, AJC.com previously reported.

In September of last year, Alsup and her mother met Wright at Jim R. Miller Park in Cobb County, where the fair was held, WSB reported. When deputies identified him as her daughter’s killer, the mother of seven was shocked.

Wright was a subcontractor for James H. Drew Exposition. While with the carnival, he also allegedly met and killed Elizabeth Vanmeter, 22, of Carter County, Tenn., and Athena Hopson, 25, of Johnson City, Tenn.

In a news conference Monday, Washington County Sheriff Fred Newman described Wright as a "serial killer." When Wright allegedly admitted to the murders, he said they were all accidents, which Newman said was "hard to believe."

"He is unfit to even be called a monster because he is the scum of all Earth," Butterworth said.

On March 9, Wright allegedly admitted to shooting and killing Alsup after they had sex in the woods near his home, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported. Wright claimed that he shot Alsup by accident when he tried to shoot an animal.

Her body was found near his Mendota, Va., home hidden under some logs next to a creek, Newman said.

He’s accused of killing Vanmeter on Feb. 28 after an argument and Hopson while they were on a walk March 17, Newman said. Vanmeter’s body was found in a makeshift grave near his home, while Hopson’s body has not been recovered, since Wright allegedly put it in a river.

Johnson City authorities searched Wright’s pickup truck after discovering he was the last person Hopson had been seen with, the News Sentinel reported. Her cellphone was allegedly found in the truck.

He allegedly admitted to killing the women after officers obtained a search warrant for his property Thursday.

Wright, who has no criminal background, faces three counts of capital murder, three counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and three counts of disposing of a body, Newman said. He remains in jail in Abingdon, Va., without bond.

Investigators said they have no reason to believe there are additional victims, but the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service are assisting with the investigation.

"We know that that carnival traveled extensively, certainly throughout the East coast," Newman said. "We have plans of contacting jurisdictions where that carnival very well may have been to see if they have missing persons."

A company manager confirmed to WSB that the carnival is working with investigators.